New Posts For Thread: Bird Feedershttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23436014/bird-feedersAn unusual sight for me today on my peanut feeder - Long Tailed Tits. There are quite a few of these around here and after ignoring my bird feeders since last winter's frosts they are back today.Along with Woodpeckers they are the only bird that useThanks for that Tommy.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23436014/bird-feeders?post_id=418339198#418339198Thanks for that Tommy.Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:30:05 -0600Every now and again I get about 10 long tailed tits come in and make a right racket. Get loads of sparrows, blue and great tits, green finches but never had a goldfinch.Tried some nigella seeds for the goldfinches as they love them apparently but nohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23436014/bird-feeders?post_id=418339070#418339070Every now and again I get about 10 long tailed tits come in and make a right racket. Get loads of sparrows, blue and great tits, green finches but never had a goldfinch.Tried some nigella seeds for the goldfinches as they love them apparently but noMon, 04 Jan 2010 13:49:13 -0600Had a bright green parakeet on the bird feeder this afternoon - loads of them in south east london but never usually come in to the gardenhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23436014/bird-feeders?post_id=418339066#418339066Had a bright green parakeet on the bird feeder this afternoon - loads of them in south east london but never usually come in to the gardenMon, 04 Jan 2010 13:24:11 -0600The marsh tit is my 'favourite' at the moment, Harry.A beautiful little bird.He calls to me from the back of the lilac tree when I fill the feeders up.This is a useful site by the RSPB, where you can log on to different birds, read about them and heahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23436014/bird-feeders?post_id=418339062#418339062The marsh tit is my 'favourite' at the moment, Harry.A beautiful little bird.He calls to me from the back of the lilac tree when I fill the feeders up.This is a useful site by the RSPB, where you can log on to different birds, read about them and heaMon, 04 Jan 2010 08:32:20 -0600Sparrows getting more plentiful here after the numbers dropped massively a few years ago.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23436014/bird-feeders?post_id=418339058#418339058Sparrows getting more plentiful here after the numbers dropped massively a few years ago.Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:30:19 -0600Tommy Toes,I started a thread on the absence of sparrows a few weeks ago.As mentioned above,haven't seen a single one for many weeks.I normally record 5 or 6 in the 'Big Birdwatch'.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23436014/bird-feeders?post_id=418339054#418339054Tommy Toes,I started a thread on the absence of sparrows a few weeks ago.As mentioned above,haven't seen a single one for many weeks.I normally record 5 or 6 in the 'Big Birdwatch'.Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:25:30 -0600I used to provide sunflower hearts and mixed seed in tubular feeders.The mixed seed was more or less ignored,so now I put the sunflower hearts in both but place the mixed seed on the ground for those who cannot access the feeder perches.Also providehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23436014/bird-feeders?post_id=418339050#418339050I used to provide sunflower hearts and mixed seed in tubular feeders.The mixed seed was more or less ignored,so now I put the sunflower hearts in both but place the mixed seed on the ground for those who cannot access the feeder perches.Also provideMon, 04 Jan 2010 08:20:52 -0600Thanks, EGGhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23436014/bird-feeders?post_id=418339046#418339046Thanks, EGGMon, 04 Jan 2010 08:13:25 -0600Peanuts and sunflower hearts.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23436014/bird-feeders?post_id=418339042#418339042Peanuts and sunflower hearts.Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:10:28 -0600What is the best food to put out for robins and blue tits? There are a few that come into my garden and I would like to feed them in this weather, however I also have squirrels as well.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23436014/bird-feeders?post_id=418339038#418339038What is the best food to put out for robins and blue tits? There are a few that come into my garden and I would like to feed them in this weather, however I also have squirrels as well.Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:06:46 -0600